CompoundDome:スクリーンを部分的に透過することにより現実世界とインタラクションを可能にする装着型ドーム装置

The head-mounted display (HMD) is widely used as a method to experience virtual space. However, HMD has a problem in wearing that the skin touches the equipment used by others, functional problems such as difficulty in inducing VR sickness, difficulty in realizing face to face communication, etc. is there.

In order to solve these problems, in this research we propose a configuration, the dome-shaped device with a diameter of 600 mm, that projects images from the projector to the dome to cover the wearer’s field of view, CompoundDome.

With this configuration, the equipment does not touch the skin, and VR sickness can be alleviated.

Also, in CompoundDome, a mesh-like screen paint was applied to a transparent dome, the image was visible when projecting the image, and the outside of the dome was seen through without realizing the mechanism.

Furthermore, by shooting a face with a camera in the dome, face to face communication can be realized by reflecting the face of the user in a remote conference or virtual space.